Metis
noun/meɪˈtiː/
/meɪˈtiː/
(plural Metis
/meɪˈtiː/, /meɪˈtiːz/
/meɪˈtiː/, /meɪˈtiːz/
)(also Métis)
(Canadian English)- (especially in Canada) a member of a people whose ancestors are both Indigenous and European, especially those whose European ancestors came to Canada from France in the 17th or 18th century Word Originfrom French métis, from Latin mixtus ‘mixed’ (see also mestizo).
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